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Marigolds (Calendula)
Marigolds are a small genus of perennial and annual flowers, with a name that means ‘little calendar’ or ‘little clock’. In antiquity, these plants were used for rituals in multiple cultures. Today, these charming yellow or orange flowers are enjoyed in gardens and used to make dye.
Lifespan
Perennial
Plant Type
Herb/Vine
Key Facts About Marigolds
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Attributes of Marigolds
Plant Height
60 cm
Spread
30 cm
Leaf type
Semi-evergreen
Ideal Temperature
0 - 38 ℃
Scientific Classification of Marigolds
Distribution of Marigolds
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Distribution Map of Marigolds
Native
Cultivated
Invasive
Potentially invasive
Exotic
No species reported
How to Grow and Care for Marigolds
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Marigolds, a vibrant flowering plant genus, is generally simple to care for with well-defined requirements. Needing full sun to light shade, marigolds thrives in well-drained, rich soil, and requires regular watering. Common challenges for marigolds include pests like aphids, and diseases like powdery mildew. It is sensitive to extremes of temperature, preferring cool conditions. Seasonally, these plants may need additional care, with regular deadheading in summer to promote blooms and protection from frost in winter, ensuring their vibrant display year after year.
How to Water Marigolds?
What Are the Sunlight Requirements for Marigolds?
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7 most common species：
Pot marigold
The pot marigold is a herbaceous perennial plant often recognized by its thick, orange-yellow blooms with numerous petals. Flowers of the pot marigold have a long history of table use. They are often served in salads or as a decoration. The flowers can also be made into a similarly-colored dye for foods, textiles, or cosmetic products.
Field marigold
Field marigold (Calendula arvensis) is an annual herbaceous plant that can grow up to 51 cm tall. It blooms from spring to fall and can grow during the winter months in warmer climates. It produces a single flower head with yellow ray-like petals that surround an orange disc-shaped center. The field marigold thrives in full sun to partial shade and attracts bees, butterflies, and birds.
Sea Marigold
Sea Marigold is a perennial herb with impressive resilience, preferring sunny locations with well-draining soil. Its woody base supports branching stems adorned with lush, oblong leaves. Vibrant yellow-orange flowers bloom prolifically, featuring a distinctive layer of overlapping petals that attract various pollinators. This hardy plant thrives in Mediterranean climates, contributing brightness to the landscape throughout the growing season.
Pot marigold 'Fiesta Gitana'
Pot marigold 'Fiesta Gitana' stands out from its parent marigold because of its large, fully double-flowered blooms that flower in a fiesta of shades, from pale yellow through to deep orange. This cultivar grows to a height of 30 cm, a little shorter than the parent plant, and forms a bushier, less delicate shape. The cultivar is well-respected, having received a Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit in celebration of being a fantastic bedding plant.
Sicilian marigold
Sicilian marigold is a vibrant herbaceous plant known for its daisy-like bright yellow-orange flowers, which blossom throughout the summer. Its distinctive petals, arranged in a radiant star pattern, sit atop sturdy stems with oblong, lush green leaves. Thriving in sun-kissed environments with well-drained soil, sicilian marigold attracts pollinators, contributing to its role in ecological balance and horticultural appeal.
Pot marigold 'Fiesta Gitana Group'
The pot marigold 'Fiesta Gitana Group' can be found blossoming earlier than most other pot marigolds from summer to fall. With festive oranges and yellows, the pot marigold 'Fiesta Gitana Group' was presumably named for its color palette. This easy to grow marigold cultivar will even thrive in poor soil conditions, and offers a nice compliment to gardens and flowering beds alike.
Pot marigold 'Snow Princess'
Pot marigold 'Snow Princess' is a variant of English or pot marigold, named for its pale white, round, semi-double flowers that often have just a hint of yellow. This cultivar is easy to grow, even in chalky, loamy or otherwise poor-quality soil, and is enjoyed for having long-lasting cut flowers.
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Dracaena
Dracaena are popular house plants that are easy to grow. They can tolerate low-light conditions and require little watering. Their leaves range from variegated to dark green. Their characteristic traits include woody stems that grow slowly but offer a striking appearance for small spaces such as apartments or offices.
Fig trees
Fig trees have been cultivated in many regions for their fruits, particularly the common fig, F. carica. Most of the species have edible fruits, although the common fig is the only one of commercial value. Fig trees are also important food sources for wildlife in the tropics, including monkeys, bats, and insects.
Brambles
Brambles are members of the rose family, and there are hundreds of different types to be found throughout the European countryside. They have been culturally significant for centuries; Christian folklore stories hold that when the devil was thrown from heaven, he landed on a bramble bush. Their vigorous growth habit can tangle into native plants and take over.
Maples
The popular tree family known as maples change the color of their leaves in the fall. Many cultural traditions encourage people to watch the colors change, such as momijigari in Japan. Maples popular options for bonsai art. Alternately, their sap is used to create maple syrup.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering fruit trees that includes almonds, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, and apricots. These are often known as "stone fruits" because their pits are large seeds or "stones." When prunus trees are damaged, they exhibit "gummosis," a condition in which the tree's gum (similar to sap) is secreted to the bark to help heal external wounds.
Nightshades
Nightshades is a large and diverse genus of plants, with more than 1500 different types worldwide. This genus incorporates both important staple food crops like tomato, potato, and eggplant, but also dangerous poisonous plants from the nightshade family. The name was coined by Pliny the Elder almost two thousand years ago.
Roses
Most species of roses are shrubs or climbing plants that have showy flowers and sharp thorns. They are commonly cultivated for cut flowers or as ornamental plants in gardens due to their attractive appearance, pleasant fragrance, and cultural significance in many countries. The rose hips (fruits) can also be used in jams and teas.
Oaks
Oaks are among the world's longest-lived trees, sometimes growing for over 1,000 years! The oldest known oak tree is in the southern United States and is over 1,500 years old. Oaks produce an exceedingly popular type of wood which is used to make different products, from furniture and flooring to wine barrels and even cosmetic creams.
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About
Key Facts
Distribution
How To Care
All Species
More Genus
Marigolds
Calendula
Marigolds are a small genus of perennial and annual flowers, with a name that means ‘little calendar’ or ‘little clock’. In antiquity, these plants were used for rituals in multiple cultures. Today, these charming yellow or orange flowers are enjoyed in gardens and used to make dye.
Lifespan
Perennial
Plant Type
Herb/Vine
Key Facts About Marigolds
Feedback
Attributes of Marigolds
Plant Height
60 cm
Spread
30 cm
Leaf type
Semi-evergreen
Ideal Temperature
0 - 38 ℃
Scientific Classification of Marigolds
Distribution of Marigolds
Feedback
Distribution Map of Marigolds
Native
Cultivated
Invasive
Potentially invasive
Exotic
No species reported
How to Grow and Care for Marigolds
Feedback
Marigolds, a vibrant flowering plant genus, is generally simple to care for with well-defined requirements. Needing full sun to light shade, marigolds thrives in well-drained, rich soil, and requires regular watering. Common challenges for marigolds include pests like aphids, and diseases like powdery mildew. It is sensitive to extremes of temperature, preferring cool conditions. Seasonally, these plants may need additional care, with regular deadheading in summer to promote blooms and protection from frost in winter, ensuring their vibrant display year after year.
How to Water Marigolds?
What Are the Sunlight Requirements for Marigolds?
How to Propagate Marigolds?
How to Plant Marigolds?
Exploring the Marigolds Plants
Feedback
7 most common species：
Pot marigold
The pot marigold is a herbaceous perennial plant often recognized by its thick, orange-yellow blooms with numerous petals. Flowers of the pot marigold have a long history of table use. They are often served in salads or as a decoration. The flowers can also be made into a similarly-colored dye for foods, textiles, or cosmetic products.
Field marigold
Field marigold (Calendula arvensis) is an annual herbaceous plant that can grow up to 51 cm tall. It blooms from spring to fall and can grow during the winter months in warmer climates. It produces a single flower head with yellow ray-like petals that surround an orange disc-shaped center. The field marigold thrives in full sun to partial shade and attracts bees, butterflies, and birds.
Sea Marigold
Sea Marigold is a perennial herb with impressive resilience, preferring sunny locations with well-draining soil. Its woody base supports branching stems adorned with lush, oblong leaves. Vibrant yellow-orange flowers bloom prolifically, featuring a distinctive layer of overlapping petals that attract various pollinators. This hardy plant thrives in Mediterranean climates, contributing brightness to the landscape throughout the growing season.
Pot marigold 'Fiesta Gitana'
Pot marigold 'Fiesta Gitana' stands out from its parent marigold because of its large, fully double-flowered blooms that flower in a fiesta of shades, from pale yellow through to deep orange. This cultivar grows to a height of 30 cm, a little shorter than the parent plant, and forms a bushier, less delicate shape. The cultivar is well-respected, having received a Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit in celebration of being a fantastic bedding plant.
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More Popular Genus
Feedback
Dracaena
Dracaena are popular house plants that are easy to grow. They can tolerate low-light conditions and require little watering. Their leaves range from variegated to dark green. Their characteristic traits include woody stems that grow slowly but offer a striking appearance for small spaces such as apartments or offices.
Fig trees
Fig trees have been cultivated in many regions for their fruits, particularly the common fig, F. carica. Most of the species have edible fruits, although the common fig is the only one of commercial value. Fig trees are also important food sources for wildlife in the tropics, including monkeys, bats, and insects.
Brambles
Brambles are members of the rose family, and there are hundreds of different types to be found throughout the European countryside. They have been culturally significant for centuries; Christian folklore stories hold that when the devil was thrown from heaven, he landed on a bramble bush. Their vigorous growth habit can tangle into native plants and take over.
Maples
The popular tree family known as maples change the color of their leaves in the fall. Many cultural traditions encourage people to watch the colors change, such as momijigari in Japan. Maples popular options for bonsai art. Alternately, their sap is used to create maple syrup.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering fruit trees that includes almonds, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, and apricots. These are often known as "stone fruits" because their pits are large seeds or "stones." When prunus trees are damaged, they exhibit "gummosis," a condition in which the tree's gum (similar to sap) is secreted to the bark to help heal external wounds.
Nightshades
Nightshades is a large and diverse genus of plants, with more than 1500 different types worldwide. This genus incorporates both important staple food crops like tomato, potato, and eggplant, but also dangerous poisonous plants from the nightshade family. The name was coined by Pliny the Elder almost two thousand years ago.
Roses
Most species of roses are shrubs or climbing plants that have showy flowers and sharp thorns. They are commonly cultivated for cut flowers or as ornamental plants in gardens due to their attractive appearance, pleasant fragrance, and cultural significance in many countries. The rose hips (fruits) can also be used in jams and teas.
Oaks
Oaks are among the world's longest-lived trees, sometimes growing for over 1,000 years! The oldest known oak tree is in the southern United States and is over 1,500 years old. Oaks produce an exceedingly popular type of wood which is used to make different products, from furniture and flooring to wine barrels and even cosmetic creams.
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